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v y W; L HU'I'SON! "SEED PL'ANT R, v N 295,755. Patented Mar; 25,1884

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM LANE HIITSON, OF ST. LAWRENCE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO THOMAS A. BROOKS AND NOAH R. HARRIS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,765, dated March 251884.

r Application filed August 27,1883. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. LANE HU'rsoN, of St. Lawrence, in the county ofOhatham and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and usefulImprovement inSeed-Planters, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings,forming part of this specifi cation.

This invention relates to the class of planters in which a plow isprovided with a removable hopper and means for dropping and covering theseeds; and the invention consists of the construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section,showing my improved planter. Figs. 2 and 2% are detail views of thedropping -s'lide,.and Fig. 3 is a detail of the coverer.

A indicates a plow, having beam B, handles 0, and stock D.

To the stock and the round E of the handles is attached an open frame,F, carrying a wheel, G.

To the frame F is pivoted a bent lever, H, having a bifurcated end, I,arranged in engagement with two pins, J, secured to one side of thewheel, and adapted'to oscillate the lever in turn. The bifurcations ofthe end I of the lever are bent outwardly from each other, and the pinsJ are arranged on opposite sides of the axle of the wheel'G, so thateach pin in turn is moved between the bifurcations, to lift and thendepress the end I. The other end of the lever is pivoted to thedropping-slide K, which is adapted to move in a plane parallel with thefront side of the hopper L. The slide K is formed with two tongues, L M,the former of which is adapted to move against the inner surface of thefront side, N, of the hopper, and is provided with a curved bevelsurface at 0, adapted to pushjthe seeds into the slot P in said side,while the latter tongue, M, is fitted to move on the outer surface ofthe said side N in a suitable case, Q, and is provided with an opening,R, through which the seeds pass. A spring, S, secured in the slot 1?serves to push the seeds into the opening R, and through'the same whenit registers with the opening T in the case Q, from which they dropthrough the chutes U to the furrow.

V is a thin plate for closing the opening .I or regulating its size, andV is a spring adapted to engage with a notched edge of said plate tohold it in any desired position.

,The. seedcoverer consists of a board, A, having a recess, B, in itslower edge, and provided with a pin, 0, on each side of said recess, thepins being set in vertical position and adapted to penetrate the soil oneach side of the planted row. The board is connected to two arms, I),which are secured to the rear part of the beam B by a bolt, E, the armsbeing arranged on opposite sides of the wheel G and its sup'portingframeF.

It is designed that a number of removable hoppers shall be providedhaving suitable dropping devices for different kinds of seed andfertilizers, each being provided witha cross-bar, F, adapted to bebolted to the handles C. It may also be additionally supported i byconnection with the round E.

v The wheel G may be provided with a pulley (not shown) for operatingcertain of the dropping devices when the bent lever H is not adapted tobe used. 1

The space between the'hills of seed is to be regulated by driving-wheelsof different sizes and by the number of pins J in the wheel.

The height of the plow-beam at front end is. to be regulated by theadjustable bolt Z at the rear end.

What I claim is- The combination, with the plow, of the wheel havingpins J, the bent lever H, having bifurcations bent outward from eachother and arranged in engagement with said pins, the hopper L, thedropping-slide K, having tongues L and M, formed as described, and thecase Q and plate V, substantially as shown and described.

IVM. LANE HUTSON. WVitnesses:

J. L. GILLILANn, T. A. GILLILAND.

